International Women’s Day rant thread

[laughing]

We are all equal so why IWD? I don’t agree with it.

 

[Londoncailín]

Every other day is man’s day, they barely even give women a thought. But fast enough to make IWD about them by asking when their day is

Isn't the whole Month of November dedicated to men's health also? Movember is definitely well celebrated everywhere.

 

[Peanut99]

There's always a man complaining "what about men?"

A male friend would post about IWD and then says that IMD is November 19

to be honest I don’t blame men for asking about IMD on IWD as the men’s day is far less celebrated than the women’s!

 

[Piff paff puff]

Eh, rarely involve myself in life so this was my first experience of......
I just laid down a bathroom laminate floor for a disabled friend but I was halfway through when a male visitor came around and asked my disabled friend if he was laying the floor down and then gave me a look as if to say it can't be you who's doing it!

 

[BWinter]

My job held a networking event for Women , run by 2 Male directors as the guest speakers. I passed on that. No thanks to being mansplained to on international womens day thank you

In this day and age WHAT goes through their minds that this can look ok?! Even with the best of intentions do they honestly not know about optics?!

 

[RunRunRun]

One thing I am enjoying is @PayGapApp on Twitter that’s sharing the pay gap at all the companies tweeting about IWD. I say enjoying, it’s actually quite depressing.

I love it, but some orgs fall through the gaps - my employer has a shit pay gap (24% lower) but manages to hide it because their legal name is different from their public/social media name. And the gap has got worse this year, plus they are doing a load of performative crap. Grrr.

 

[BWinter]

@ElChanguito sadly not.

@eggsalafrancais don’t worry, I won’t and have told partner (who has been here throughout) not to. He’s also currently 48 mins late and I need to get to the office but wanted to discuss snags in person as he’s supposed to be finishing today (already a week later than scheduled and he still has a lot left to do). I’m fuming. I think I should probably just go otherwise I’ll say something I regret!

 

[ChocolateTeapot]

My job held a networking event for Women , run by 2 Male directors as the guest speakers. I passed on that. No thanks to being mansplained to on international womens day thank you

Do you work at one of my old jobs?! Tragic isn’t it.

 

[BWinter]

This type of thing makes me angry - drawing attention to stereotypically female traits. I’m sure as hell if she was writing about a bloke these aren’t the characteristics she’d chose. It was the same at a “women students in <typically male dominated profession> awards” I attended last year. Infuriating.

ETA - I’m sure Katy is a great employee, this isn’t a dig at her.